Episode #18 - Notability

SHOW NOTES:

Notability iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/app/notability/id360593530 

Notability Support: https://support.gingerlabs.com/hc/en-us 

Notability Gallery: https://notability.com/gallery/en 

Notability for EDU: https://support.gingerlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409501974170-Notability-for-EDU-FAQ 

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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)

Hello and welcome to episode number eighteen of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.

In this week’s episode, I will be talking about Notability. Notability is a popular note-taking app for the iPhone, iPad, and the Mac.  It is designed to allow users to take notes, annotate PDFs, sketch ideas, and record audio all in one place.

With Notability, users can create notes using a variety of tools such as text, handwriting, and shapes. They can also import PDFs and other documents to annotate and mark up with highlights, comments, and drawings. Additionally, the app has built-in support for recording audio, which can be synced with the user's notes to create a comprehensive record of a lecture or meeting. The built-in scanner makes it a dream for teachers and students as you can quickly grab those paper handouts and digitize them in moments.

Notability also offers a number of organizational features, including the ability to create notebooks and dividers to categorize notes. Users can also search for notes by keyword, tag, or date, making it easy to find specific information.

Notability also has an awesome library - called the gallery - where you can find templates, ideas, and lots of inspiration on how to utilize all the tools inside the app.

One of the greatest bonus features of Notability is that the full app is FREE for educational users. You simply have to use Apple School Manager or a Mobile Device Management (known as an MDM)  application. My school district utilizes Jamf as our MDM, but the other major MDMs are Meracki and Mosyle. If you are just a regular user of Notability, there is a free download to sample all of the tools and create a few documents, but then there are in-app purchases available for a monthly or yearly subscription - note the yearly subscription is a reduced rate, so that is what I would recommend.

You can also pair notability with Airplay on your ipad and cast your screen via an AppleTV or using other applications like Reflector or Airserver (we have a mix of all three of those in our district. 

There are many ways to take notes on the iPad (or your iPhone), but the educational version of notability is an amazing way for teachers and students to elevate their note-taking skills.

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Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 

Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

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